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Published 8:00 pm, Monday, August 24, 2009

Man dies after driving into Saginaw River

A 61-year-old Bay City man died after he was pulled from his vehicle in the Saginaw River Monday afternoon, Bay City Police report.

Police, Bay City firefighters and the U.S. Coast Guard were called to the river at the Lafayette Bridge at 1:18 p.m. They found the vehicle underwater about 100 feet offshore just north of the bridge with Michael Paul Morris inside.

The Saginaw County Dive Team pulled Morris out. He was taken to the Bay Regional Medical Center, where he died.

Witnesses at the scene said the vehicle traveling east on Lafayette Street near Evergreen Street when it swerved off the road and went into the river.

An autopsy has been performed and the results are pending toxicology reports, according to a media release.

During the weekend, which ran Thursday through Sunday, police were called to 13 fights, 29 reports of loud parties and noise, 14 reports of disorderly people, five malicious destruction of property complaints and one flaming trash bin. Police and ambulances also were called to check on people nine times.

The calls resulted in 89 tickets for open alcohol and minors in possession of alcohol, two arrests for resisting and obstructing police, two bench warrant arrests, one parole violation and three arrests of disorderly persons. Officers also found one person in possession of marijuana. They investigated nine assaults, seven breaking and enterings, and six thefts.